Appalachian Society of American Foresters - Awards and Fellows
SAF National Awards
A variety of awards are presented each year by SAF National. To see descriptions of the awards, past recipients, and nomination information and forms visit the SAF National Awards page (will open in new window). The following National Award were received by ApSAF members:
- 2009 Gifford Pinchot Meda - David Wm. Smith, CF
- 2008 Presidential Field Forester Award - Silas Knight Cox, CF
- 2008 Young Forester Leadership Award - Greg A. Scheerer
- 3rd Place Best Student Chapter Website - Duke University
SAF Fellows:
SAF honors those members who have provided outstanding contributions to the Society and to the forestry profession with the title of Fellow. The goal of the Society is to recognize approximately five percent of its members with this honor. See the SAF National Fellows page (will open in new window) for procedures and forms for nomination. See below for the list of ApSAF Fellows.
ApSAF Awards:
The Appalachian Society recognizes distinguished service by members with ApSAF awards:
Distinguished Service to Forestry Award:
The Distinguished Service to Forestry Award is the highest award given by the Appalachian Society and is presented to an individual who has made an especially notable contribution to the profession of forestry. This award has been presented to a deserving ApSAF member since 1956.
- 2009 Distinguished Service To Forestry Award - Dr. Joeseph P. Roise
Young Forester Leadership Award:
The Young Forester Leadership Award recognizes outstanding leadership by a forestry professional younger than 40 years of age whose actions have benefited the practice of forestry and SAF.
- 2009 Young Forester Leadership Award - Neil A. Clark
Volunteer Service Award:
The Volunteer Service Award was established to recognize special, sustained, voluntary service on behalf of SAF.
- 2009 Volunteer Service Award - Gerald Foltz
2009 ApSAF Golden Members:
Charles W. Brinkley, Lawrence Cabell, Wallace G. Cawthorne, Thomas M. Hill, Joeseph Landino, Charles Moore, James Pridgen, Donald H. Haskins, Jake M. Stone, R. Scott Wallinger
2009 ApSAF Fellows:
Silas Knight Cox, Guy Thurmond, Derryl L. Walden, Shepard M. Zedaker
Division Awards
Each division recognizes individuals that make more local contributions with division level awards.
ApSAF Distinguished Service Award
| Year |
Name |
|
Year |
Name |
| 2009 |
Dr. Joeseph P. Roise |
|
1999 |
Gary G. Youngblood |
| 2008 |
Scott Shallenberger |
|
1998 |
Patricia A. Straka |
| 2007 |
Bradley G. Fuller |
|
1997 |
Frank D. Olah |
| 2006 |
Rick A. Hamilton |
|
1996 |
Shelby L. Spradlin, Jr. |
| 2005 |
Stanford M. Adams |
|
1995 |
C. Crockett Morris, Jr. |
| 2004 |
Chester Kearse, Jr. |
|
1994 |
Kenney P. Funderburke, Jr. |
| 2003 |
R. Easton Loving |
|
1993 |
O. Gordon Langdon |
| 2002 |
Larry Jervis |
|
1992 |
Otis F. Hall |
| 2001 |
Thomas J. Straka |
|
1991 |
Samuel M. Hughes |
| 2000 |
David W. Smith |
|
1990 |
Thomas F. McLintock |
| |
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|
1989 |
Leonard A. Killian, Jr. |
ApSAF Young Forester Leadership Award
| Year |
Name |
|
Year |
Name |
| 2009 |
Neil A. Clark |
|
2004 |
Michael J. Mortimer |
| 2008 |
Greg Meade |
|
2003 |
Daniel L. Goerlich |
| 2007 |
Greg Sheerer |
|
2002 |
Mark Rogers |
| 2006 |
Adam K. Downing |
|
2001 |
Barry New |
| 2005 |
Ronald J. Myers, Jr. |
|
2000 |
R. Easton Loving |
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ApSAF Volunteer Service Award
| Year |
Name |
|
Year |
Name |
| 2009 |
Gerald Foltz |
|
2004 |
W. Michael Lane |
| 2008 |
James Gray |
|
2003 |
Mark D. Hollberg |
| 2007 |
Charles Gresham |
|
2002 |
Temple Hahn |
| 2006 |
Daniel L. Goerlich |
|
2001 |
Harold Olinger |
| 2005 |
Edward H. Zimmer |
|
2000 |
Dylan Jenkins |
| |
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ApSAF Fellows
ApSAF Fellows Committee: Arthur W. Cooper (Chair), Harold Burkhart, Shelby L. Spradlin, David H. Van Lear, Kenneth O. Summerville.
| Name |
Year |
Division |
Status |
|
Name |
Year |
Division |
Status |
| Adams, Stanford M. |
2005 |
NC |
|
|
Killian, Leonard A., Jr. |
1988 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Ahearn, Walter T. |
1981 |
SC |
|
|
Kinard, Frederick W., Jr. |
1999 |
SC |
|
| Allen, Robert M. |
1979 |
SC |
Deceased |
|
Kincaid, Dan B. |
1991 |
NC |
|
| Argow, Keith A. |
1986 |
VA |
|
|
Korstian, Clarence F. |
1942 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Barber, John C. |
1977 |
VA |
|
|
Langdon, O. Gordon |
1983 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Barden, Claude F. |
1986 |
SC |
Inactive |
|
Little, Elbert L., Jr. |
1977 |
VA |
Deceased |
| Baughman, William D. |
1987 |
SC |
|
|
Lively, John |
2000 |
NC |
|
| Benson, Robert J. |
1986 |
SC |
|
|
Lloyd, William J. |
1977 |
VA |
Inactive |
| Berntsen, Carl M. |
1977 |
VA |
Inactive |
|
Maki, T. Ewald |
1969 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Bickley, Rhett S. |
1999 |
SC |
|
|
Marcum, Garry F. |
1986 |
NC |
|
| Box, Benton H. |
1986 |
SC |
Inactive |
|
Matics, Harold E. |
1985 |
VA |
Inactive |
| Boyce, Stephen G. |
1982 |
NC |
|
|
McClintock, Thomas F. |
1983 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Brown, Gregory N. |
2006 |
VA |
|
|
McElwee, Robert L. |
1989 |
VA |
|
| Bruner, Marlin H. |
1975 |
SC |
Deceased |
|
McGregor, William H. Davis |
1977 |
SC |
|
| Bryan, Milton M. |
1977 |
VA |
Deceased |
|
Miller, Sharon R. |
1986 |
VA |
Inactive |
| Bryant, Milton M. |
1979 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Milliken, William F. |
1981 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Burkhart, Harold E. |
1985 |
VA |
|
|
Morrell, Fred W. |
1951 |
VA |
Deceased |
| Carroll, John |
2010 |
VA |
|
|
Morris, C. Crockett |
1997 |
VA |
|
| Cathey, John E. |
2008 |
SC |
|
|
Nelson, Albert L. C. |
1991 |
SC |
|
| Chestnutt, William F. |
1986 |
NC |
|
|
Nichols, C. R., Jr. |
1984 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Cooper, Arthur W. |
1986 |
NC |
|
|
Niederhof, Camman H. |
1982 |
SC |
Deceased |
| Cox, Joann Meyer |
2007 |
NC |
|
|
Olinger, Harold L. |
1994 |
VA |
|
| Cox, Knight |
2009 |
SC |
|
|
Olson, George A. |
1989 |
NC |
Inactive |
| Crutchfield, Douglas |
1991 |
SC |
|
|
Palmer, John G. |
2002 |
NC |
|
| Cubbage, Frederick |
1997 |
NC |
|
|
Peach, Nelson L. |
1985 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Cullom, Ralph M. |
1996 |
NC |
|
|
Plaster, Allen L. |
2007 |
NC |
|
| Custard, Wallace F. |
1983 |
VA |
Inactive |
|
Preston, Richard J., Jr. |
1965 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Damtoft, Walter J. |
1951 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Reamer, Larry D. |
2004 |
SC |
|
| Davey, Charles B. |
2004 |
NC |
|
|
Rilee, William H. |
2002 |
VA |
Inactive |
| Dean, George W. |
1969 |
VA |
Inactive |
|
Robinson, Vernon L. |
1999 |
SC |
|
| Demmon, Elwood L. |
1951 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Rodger, Edwin E. |
1986 |
VA |
|
| Detwiler, Samuel B. |
1955 |
VA |
Deceased |
|
Schumacher, Francis X. |
1959 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Dewald, Dr. Laura E. |
2008 |
NC |
|
|
Smith, David Wm. |
1998 |
VA |
|
| Dierauf, Thomas A. |
2007 |
VA |
|
|
Smith, Walton Ramsey |
1979 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Dorman, Keith W. |
1988 |
NC |
Inactive |
|
Smith, Warren |
1990 |
NC |
Inactive |
| Duerr, William A. |
1963 |
VA |
Deceased |
|
Smyth, Arthur V. |
1983 |
VA |
Inactive |
| Duffield, John W. |
1959 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Snyder, William |
2010 |
NC |
|
| Edeburn, Judson D. |
2008 |
NC |
|
|
Spradlin, Shelby L. |
2005 |
VA |
|
| Ellwood, Eric L. |
1985 |
NC |
Inactive |
|
Staiger, Douglas K. |
2004 |
NC |
|
| Eng, Donald W. |
1988 |
SC |
|
|
Stanley, Wilbur C. |
1990 |
VA |
|
| Evans, Thomas C. |
1979 |
NC |
Inactive |
|
Stevensen, Donald D. |
1967 |
NC |
Inactive |
| Eyre, Francis H. |
1959 |
VA |
Deceased |
|
Straka, Patricia A. |
2001 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Farmer, John D., Jr. |
2008 |
VA |
|
|
Straka, Thomas J. |
2001 |
SC |
|
| Fenstemaker, Forrest L. |
1986 |
|
Inactive |
|
Summerville, Kenneth O. |
2002 |
NC |
|
| Flory, Charles H. |
1965 |
SC |
Deceased |
|
Swank, Wayne T. |
2000 |
NC |
|
| Frothingham, Earl H. |
1942 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Thatcher, Robert C. |
2000 |
NC |
|
| Funderburke, Kenney P. |
1983 |
SC |
|
|
Thurmond, Guy |
2009 |
SC |
|
| Geddes, Roland B. |
1987 |
VA |
|
|
Tombaugh, Larry W. |
1987 |
NC |
Inactive |
| Green, Horace J. |
1985 |
NC |
Inactive |
|
Towell, William E. |
1973 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Grest, Edward G. |
1977 |
VA |
Inactive |
|
Trew, I. Frederick |
1989 |
VA |
Inactive |
| Grey, Gene W. |
1986 |
|
Moved to FL |
|
Van Lear, Davd H. |
1985 |
SC |
|
| Guthrie, John D. |
1942 |
VA |
Deceased |
|
Van Sickle, Charles C. |
2000 |
NC |
Inactive |
| Hahn, Temple T. |
2008 |
VA |
|
|
Vitas, George |
1977 |
NC |
Inactive |
| Haig, Irvin T. |
1967 |
NC |
Inactive |
|
Wackerman, Albert E. |
1961 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Hall, Otis, F. |
1979 |
VA |
|
|
Wade, Dale D. |
2005 |
NC |
|
| Hamilton, Rick |
2003 |
NC |
|
|
Wahlenberg, William G. |
1957 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Haney, Harry L. |
1990 |
VA |
Moved to TX |
|
Walbridge, Thomas A., Jr. |
1989 |
VA |
Deceased |
| Harmon, L. Hodge |
2005 |
SC |
|
|
Walden, Derryl |
2009 |
NC |
|
| Harrar, Ellwood Scott |
1965 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Wall, W. Virgil |
2008 |
SC |
|
| Harris, Thomas G. |
1991 |
VA |
|
|
Wallinger, R. Scott |
1982 |
SC |
|
| Hepting, George H. |
1965 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Warner, John R. |
1987 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Herren, Robert D. |
1992 |
VA |
|
|
Warner, Stanley F. |
2003 |
VA |
|
| Hicks, Edward B. |
2004 |
NC |
|
|
Webb, Charles D. |
2006 |
NC |
|
| Hofmann, Julian George |
1981 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Wenger, Karl F. |
1989 |
VA |
Inactive |
| Holmes, John S. |
1939 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Whitfield, Fred E. |
2001 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Hook, Donal D. |
1991 |
SC |
|
|
Willis, James R. |
2008 |
VA |
|
| Hosner, John F. |
1977 |
VA |
|
|
Wilson, S. Leigh |
1987 |
SC |
Inactive |
| Hughes, Samual M. |
1994 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Winkworth, Ralph C. |
1977 |
NC |
Deceased |
| Huppuch, Charles D. |
2007 |
VA |
|
|
Young, Edwin J. |
1987 |
NC |
Moved to TN |
| Hyman, Waldo H. |
2006 |
SC |
|
|
Youngblood, Gary G. |
1998 |
VA |
|
| Jackson, Gorham E. |
1977 |
NC |
Deceased |
|
Zedaker, Shepard |
2009 |
VA |
|
| Kellison, Robert C. |
1995 |
NC |
|
|
Zobel, Bruce J. |
1969 |
NC |
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